Michigan, 2005

Winter Storm in Michigan, January 6, 2005

January 6, 2005 · NWS IWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 6:45 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 6:45 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 5:24 AM EST, 21 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
524 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-061023-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-
CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN-
GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-
PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN...
BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN...
BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...
DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...
FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY...
GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK...
HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE...
KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION...
MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON...
NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA...
PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE...
SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE...
THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...
WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE
524 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING. HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE LINE. SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH. SEE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR DETAILS.

AVOID TRAVEL LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST BE OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Berrien

When
January 6, 3:00 AM EST to 5:17 AM EST
Where
Berrien forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

A band of moderate snow affected parts of Berrien county. Amounts generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches, with some sleet and freezing rain mixed in. A few spots reported between 7 and 9 inches of snow is some of the heavier bands. Many schools were closed as a result of the storm.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Michigan in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5438626.